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  • Miriam Rivera

    ‘She was tough, but it broke her’
    Why There’s Something About Miriam was reality TV’s most shameful low

    From Miriam being ‘revealed’ as a transgender woman to the contestants trashing the set, it was the cruellest reality show ever. Ahead of a new series about its tragic fallout, Miriam’s brother and friend open up for the first time about her death
  • It even has a cursed walrus! … Dead Boy Detectives.

    Dead Boy Detectives review
    This fun paranormal romp will make you feel young again

  • Dylan and Ayala in Growing Up Jewish.

    Growing Up Jewish review
    Wildly inappropriately lightweight for our times

  • It could all have been prevented so easily … Richard Gadd with Jessica Gunning, who plays his stalker, in Baby Reindeer.

    The dangerous fallout from Baby Reindeer
    Should Richard Gadd have been less honest about his abusers?

  • Sarcasm and the supernatural … Anjli Mohindra as Grace Narayan in The Red King.

    The Red King review
    Like a wickedly playful new spin on The Wicker Man

  • ‘We are no closer to ridding ourselves of these terrible predators’ … Paul Gadd in Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile.

    Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile review
    A most sickening nostalgia trip

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Reviews

  • It even has a cursed walrus! … Dead Boy Detectives.

    Dead Boy Detectives
    This fun paranormal romp will make you feel young again

  • Dylan and Ayala in Growing Up Jewish.

    Growing Up Jewish
    Wildly inappropriately lightweight for our times

    • Sarcasm and the supernatural … Anjli Mohindra as Grace Narayan in The Red King.

      The Red King
      Like a wickedly playful new spin on The Wicker Man

    • ‘We are no closer to ridding ourselves of these terrible predators’ … Paul Gadd in Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile.

      Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile
      A most sickening nostalgia trip

    • ‘Bob always talks’ … Robert Durst in The Jinx – Part Two

      The Jinx: Part Two
      More bombshells from Robert Durst, the serial killer who just won’t shut up

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  • Belle Gibson at the federal court in Melbourne, 2019

    What's on tonight
    TV tonight: the awful true story of wellness influencer Belle Gibson

    This bleak documentary will leave you queasy. Plus, Johnny Vegas and Sian Gibson in some spoof silliness. Here’s what to watch this evening
  • Consigned to hell for decades … Dead Boy Detectives.

    The seven best shows to stream this week
    Dead Boy Detectives to Secrets of the Octopus: the seven best shows to stream this week

  • Daniel Zolghadri in Funny Pages.

    The seven best films to watch on TV this week
    Funny Pages to Phil Spector: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

    Best on the box

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    Episode recaps

    • Robin Graham (Derek Thompson).

      Blue Lights
      Series two, episode two – move or die

      Things ratchet up in the explosive Belfast police drama, with blazing house fires, a most terrifying murder and the arrival of a very familiar face
    • Will they? Have they? … Stevie (Martin McCann) and Grace (Siân Brooke).

      Blue Lights
      Series two, episode one – a blistering comeback

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    Podcasts

    • Matt Hicks, the star of I Wanna Marry Harry and very much not Prince Harry.

      Hear here
      Best podcasts of the week: The reality show that duped women into falling for a fake Prince Harry

      In this week’s newsletter: TV journalist Scott Bryan looks back at the making of I Wanna Marry “Harry” – and the dubious ethics behind the show. Plus: five of the best podcasts hosted by pop stars
    • MEMORIAL bomb/file 2<br>File dated 30/4/1999 of the scene in the Soho area of London after a nailbomb explosion in the Admiral Duncan Public House

      Miranda Sawyer on podcasts and radio
      The week in audio: Fragments – The London Nail Bombings; Chasing Mountains; Thanks a Lot, Milton Jones!; How Was It for You? – review

    • Clockwise from top: Rylan Clark, Nish Kumar &amp; Coco Khan, Jon Ronson, Daisy May Cooper and Hannah Ajala

      The best podcasts of 2023 so far

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        Should Richard Gadd have been less honest about his abusers?

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        I had to sign a contract promising not to sing

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